z/OS Systems Programmer Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

IBM z/OS Systems Programmer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

As of 13 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median IBM z/OS Systems Programmer daily rate in Sheffield.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a z/OS Systems Programmer 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.43% - 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% - 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £473
25th Percentile - - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £525
75th Percentile - - £563
90th Percentile - - £578
South Yorkshire median daily rate - - £525

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Sheffield with a recognized job title 628 306 330
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 86.93% 91.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 176 215
10th Percentile £316 £230 £375
25th Percentile £400 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.69% -3.09% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £650
90th Percentile £612 £663 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -8.65% -5.45% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile £14.98 £13.14 £15.39
25th Percentile £16.68 £15.22 £18.88
Median hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -5.88% +11.84%
75th Percentile £22.33 £21.50 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.02 - £27.50
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -2.50% -11.11% +18.42%

z/OS Systems Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'z/OS Systems Programmer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

z/OS Systems Programmer job vacancy trend in Sheffield

z/OS Systems Programmer
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for z/OS Systems Programmer job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for z/OS Systems Programmer job vacancies in Sheffield

z/OS Systems Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, z/OS Systems Programmer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring z/OS Systems Programmer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) zOS
2 2 (66.67%) IBM
2 2 (66.67%) ISPF
2 2 (66.67%) JCL
2 2 (66.67%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (33.33%) Assembly Language
3 1 (33.33%) Batch Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) CICS
3 1 (33.33%) CLIST
3 1 (33.33%) COBOL
3 1 (33.33%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) DB2
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 1 (33.33%) OMEGAMON
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) RACF
3 1 (33.33%) REXX
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (33.33%) SAS

z/OS Systems Programmer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) CICS
1 1 (33.33%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) DB2
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Batch Processing
1 1 (33.33%) Change Control
1 1 (33.33%) Compliance Audit
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (33.33%) High Availability
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) JCL
2 1 (33.33%) Assembly Language
2 1 (33.33%) CLIST
2 1 (33.33%) COBOL
2 1 (33.33%) REXX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (33.33%) Job Entry Subsystem
2 1 (33.33%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM